GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raiment | clothing |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |